Why We Need To Stop Calling Women Who Don’t Wear Makeup Brave

Joan of Arc, Harriet Tubman, Amelia Earhart, and Rosa Parks are some examples of brave women. Mila Kunis gracing the cover of Glamour sans warpaint- not brave. She’s just someone who didn’t feel like wearing makeup that day. Calling women who don’t wear conform to society’s expectations of beauty “brave” just undermines women who actually commit acts of bravery. There’s nothing brave or empowering about choosing to not wear makeup, sorry. Let us know what you think of this in the comments section below.

No makeup selfie. A new trend has girls acting seemingly brave on social media. “No makeup” selfies” are meant to proclaim to the world that women don’t need makeup to be beautiful.

However… Not wearing makeup still places just as much emphasis on your appearance. The only difference is you’re celebrating a “natural look.”

Not revolutionary. Trends like the #nomakeup movement and Dove’s Real Women campaign are falsely empowering. Want to deconstruct society’s standards of female beauty? Talk about something other than the way you look. Or…